Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 Northern Conservative and Unionist Club
Reference
NUT147
Place
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Original Location
In Northern Constitutional Club, 37 Pilgrim Street. In foyer upstairs.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled November 7th 1924 by the Duke of Northumberland.
Memorial Description
Plaque 2 feet 6 inches high x 4 feet wide. In the top left hand corner is the Northumberland County badge, and in the top right hand corner is the badge of Newcastle City, both enamelled in colour. There is a border pattern of leaves raised in casting. The names are listed in three columns in raised Roman capitals.
Materials used
Bronze
Inscription
To the glory of God and in / grateful memory of the members of the / Northern Conservative and Unionist Club / who fell in the Great War 1914-1918.
Names
Present condition
The building was closed in 2006.
Notes
1. This was not the original building, which was demolished and rebuilt.
2. The Chairman, Mr. C. Leo Reid, presided at the unveiling.
3. The Duke of Northumberland stated that memorials were not only to commemorate the dead but to inspire the living.
4. The plaque was found in a cupboard by the secretary and reinstated in Northern Constitutional Club until the building was closed in 2006.
5. James Leadbitter Knott –see Every Name a Story
Henry Basil Knott see Every Name a Story
Thomas Garbutt Knott see Every Name a Story
2. The Chairman, Mr. C. Leo Reid, presided at the unveiling.
3. The Duke of Northumberland stated that memorials were not only to commemorate the dead but to inspire the living.
4. The plaque was found in a cupboard by the secretary and reinstated in Northern Constitutional Club until the building was closed in 2006.
5. James Leadbitter Knott –see Every Name a Story
Henry Basil Knott see Every Name a Story
Thomas Garbutt Knott see Every Name a Story
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: J. Brown
Illustrated Chronicle 08/11/1924 reports unveiling.
News Post Leader 11/11/1999 feature 75 years ago for Monday 10th Nov. 1924 reports unveiling “last Friday”.
Illustrated Chronicle 08/11/1924 reports unveiling.
News Post Leader 11/11/1999 feature 75 years ago for Monday 10th Nov. 1924 reports unveiling “last Friday”.
Research acknowledgements
J. Brown; Duncan Brodie; Club Secretary; Dorothy Hall
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Plaque 1914-18 Northern Conservative and Unionist Club (NUT147)
Newcastle upon Tyne Northern Constitutional Club.
To the glory of God and in
grateful memory of the members of the
Northern Conservative and Unionist Club
who fell in the Great War 1914-1918
C.J.H. Adamson H. Jacks A.S. Ritson
G. Atkinson J.M. Kent (Junr). N.S. Robinson
P.F. Clennell H. Basil Knott G.L. Russell
H.M. Cohan J. Leadbitter Knott W.E.O. Scott
R.V.L. Dallas R.E.B. Lisle R. Smith
J. Dickinson F.W. Lockey Herbert Stewart
W.M. Dodds A.C.K. McIntosh H.R.C. Sutcliffe
R.C. Dunford W.D. Maughan V.O. Thompson
P.H. Edwards Herbert Miller J.G. Todd
J.P. Forster E.H. Moore F.R.G. Tomlinson
B.J. Haslegrove E.R. Mundle J.P. Walker
J.R. Hedley J.T. Newton H.W. Waller
T.H. Helme C.A. Patterson F.M. Weeks
D.D. Horne J. Pearson R.E. White
R.G.T. Ingram-Johnson S.R. Radcliffe F. Dobell Young
H. Atkinson
NamesNUT147
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